NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS AND PROHIBITING COERCION IN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES NINETIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1036 TO PROTECT THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PURCHASE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES H.R. 12910 TO ESTABLISH A JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS 86-625 NOVEMBER 9, 1967 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1967 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia, Chairman JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine JOHN G. TOWER, Texas WILLIAM H. DARDEN, Chief of Staff (II) NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS AND PROHIBITING COERCION IN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1967 U.S. SENATE, Washington, D.C. COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:35 a.m., in room 212, Old Senate Office Building, Senator Richard B. Russell (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Russell, Stennis, Symington, Ervin, Inouye, Byrd, Jr., of Virginia, Smith, Thurmond, and Tower. Also present: William H. Darden, chief of staff; T. Edward Bras well, Jr., and Gordon T. Nease, professional staff members; Charles B. Kirbow, chief clerk; and Herbert S. Atkinson, assistant chief clerk. Chairman RUSSELL. The first two bills on the agenda of the committee this morning are bills in which Senator Ervin has a special interest. H.R. 12910_would establish a Judge Advocate General's Corps in the Navy. In the last Congress Senator Ervin introduced several bills on the subject of military justice, one of which would have established a Judge Advocate General's Corps in the Navy. Again this year, Senator Ervin introduced a comprehensive bill dealing with military justice, S. 2009, which has as one of its purposes the creation of a Judge Advocate General's Corps for the Navy. The other bill, S. 1036, would make it unlawful for a member of the Armed Forces to coerce or attempt to coerce any other member of the Armed Forces to purchase bonds or to make donations. (Bills H.R. 12910 and S. 1036 follow:) [H.R. 12910, 90th Cong., first sess.] AN ACT To establish a Judge Advocate General's Corps in the Navy, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 801 (11) is amended to read as follows: "(11) 'Law specialist' means a commissioned officer of the Coast Guard designated for special duty (law)." (2) The following new clause is added at the end of section 801: "(13) Judge advocate' means an officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army or the Navy or an officer of the Air Force or the Marine Corps who is designated as a judge advocate." (3) Section 806(a) is amended by deleting the first sentence and inserting the following sentences in place thereof: "The assignment for duty of judge advocates of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and law specialists of the Coast Guard shall be made upon the recommendation of the Judge Advocate General of the armed force of which they are members. The assignment for duty of judge advocates of the Marine Corps shall be made by direction of the Commandant of the Marine Corps." (1) |